Clarify
['klærɪfaɪ] or ['klærəfaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating; 'clarify the butter'; 'clarify beer'.
(verb.) make clear and (more) comprehensible; 'clarify the mystery surrounding her death'.
校對:洛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.
(v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
(v. t.) To glorify.
(v. i.) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(v. i.) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
校對:路易斯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Purify, clear, make clear.
錄入:提托
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make clear or pure.—v.i. to become clear:—pr.p. clar′ifying; pa.p. clar′ified.—ns. Clarificā′tion; Clar′ifier that which clarifies or purifies.
整理:皮尔斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The first thing necessary in many localities is to clarify the water. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- They define, clarify, and locate the question; they cannot supply its answer. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Some sorts of dirt serve to clarify. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is the functioning of an abstraction in its application to a new concrete experience,--its extension to clarify and direct new situations. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- At the same time his views on moral questions were clarified, and he came to recognize that truth, sincerity, and integr ity were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- That the abolitionists clarified the economic interests of the North and gave them an ideal sanction is true enough. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
校對:罗杰